Fascist Italy and the Middle East, 1933-40

Zusatztext "Arielli's monograph is a useful and valuable contribution to the historiography of the Fascist dictatorship. Nonetheless! it also has a clear appeal to any scholar of contemporary international relations in the Middle East and to the general reader in that it provides important insights into the policy and diplomacy of great powers in the Mediterranean area. Finally! in a scholarly landscape dominated by the studies of Emilio Gentile and Roger Griffin and by their interpretation of fascism only in terms of totalitarianism! the empirical approach of Arielli! so concentrated on Italy's pragmatic geopolitical interests! brings us back to ground." - Elisabetta Cassina Wolff! University of Olso! Norway Informationen zum Autor NIR ARIELLI is a Lecturer in International History at the University of Leeds, UK and has been a Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University. Klappentext An examination of why and how Fascist Italy sought to increase its influence in the Middle East, and why Italian efforts ultimately failed. Offering fresh insights into Fascist Italy's foreign and colonial policies, this book makes an important contribution to the complex history of relations between Europe and the Arab world. Zusammenfassung An examination of why and how Fascist Italy sought to increase its influence in the Middle East! and why Italian efforts ultimately failed. Offering fresh insights into Fascist Italy's foreign and colonial policies! this book makes an important contribution to the complex history of relations between Europe and the Arab world. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Preface Abbreviations Introduction Continuity and Change – Italy and the Middle East, 1870 – 1934 In the Shadow of Ethiopia, 1935 – June 1936 The Protector of Islam, June 1936 – March 1938 Italy and the Arab Revolt in Palestine, 1936-39 A Policy that was Hard to Sell, April 1938 – May 1940 The Optimistic Summer, June – October 1940 Conclusions Archival Sources Bibliography...

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• Authors: N Arielli, N. Arielli, Nir Arielli, Arielli Nir
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2010
• EAN: 9780230231603
• ISBN: 978-0-230-23160-3
• No. of pages: 269
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, History, History: specific events & topics, European History, Political Theory, Political science & theory, Second World War, Political History, Asian History, World Politics, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of the Middle East, Middle East—History, Europe—History, World War, 1939-1945, History of World War II and the Holocaust, bibliography;Europe;fascism;history;Middle East